This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
V. Golyshkin “The Street Becomes Ours”. Illustrated by German Mazurin (1964)
Cover of Funny Pictures, March 1973. Illustration for a classic Russian folk tale Teremok.
Cuckoo by L. Zilov, illustrated by V. Vatagin (1924)
“Moscow in the past and in the present day”, history books from 1909-1912.
“The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” by Alexander Pushkin, illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich (1922)
“The Tale of the Russian Land” by A. Nechvolodov (1913)
A fantastic example of traditional Russian ustav (uncial) script.
“Bear’s Garden” by G. Ladonschikov (1954)
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“Thought After Thought”, an exquisitely designed diary published in Saint Petersburg in 1885.
